Two weeks later I jabbed my sword at Luke in desprativity. He parried the blow with an elegant sweep and jabbed his sword into the side of my stomach.
"Damn it all to hell!", I shouted. "So, thats Luke, 20, Sirius 0." "I swear to god Luke, if I was using my powers. "Yeah, you would fry me like an egg. So anyway how's that electric sword thing coming along? I pulsed electricity into my blade arm and watched it begin to glow. Arcs of electricity went all the way from the hilt to the tip of sword. I went over to a large oak tree and sliced my sword into it. The blade got half a foot into the trunk and parts of great oak were charred. I put both my hands on the handle and pulled the sword out of the tree. "So, it looks like you're wounds up for round 21?" "Ah, of course Luke, I love having a thirteen year old jam his sword into my stomach. It get's me off." "That's a no I assume." "If I can use my powers, then we can fight all you want." "I would prefer not to get to be shocked today. c'mon help me light the fire, it's getting late." Luke was right, the sun was beginning to dip into the sky, and the moon was preparing for it's turn to rule the sky. The sunlight was being blocked by the trees so the sun might as well be done now. I was so focused on not getting stabbed that it didn't even occur to me. I went over to my bag and took of my torn shirt. The shirt I was using for training was the shirt I had on when I was fighting the hydra. I had kept it despite the tears and blood on it. It had been useful to me, now it was just a rag. I might as well toss it into the fire. I put on a new black and red shirt that I bought from marshalls when we came across a decent size town. We also had managed to buy two sleeping bags at dick's sporting goods while we were there. I went over to the fire pit and tossed a black and red lightning bolt into the pit. It lit up immediately in dark red flames. "You're so weird you even make the fire seem unnatural." "I prefer the term unique." "Unique, weird it's all the same." Luke pulled out a can of soup, poured it in a pain, and began to heat it. I sat down on a nearby log and began to fiddle with a little ball of electricity in my hand. "Hey Sirius, do you want some soup? "Okay, I could use some substance after you shoved your sword into my stomach." "No homo." Once we ate our meal me and Luke crawled into our sleeping bags to go to bed. The warmth of the bag caused me to immediately enter a deep sleep. I was standing in a black void. I felt the solid ground on my feet, but all I could see around me was darkness. I tried moving forward but my legs didn't respond. "I've been waiting for you Perceus", a voice called out from the shadowy void. It had a soft deep voice that seemed to echo from afar. The figure's voice was actually comforting and seemed to remind me of someone. I tried to remember the voices name but came to no avail. "Who are you and what is this place?" "My name is Kronos, God of time, and this is a temporal state that I have manifested into existence to speak with you." I was silent for a few seconds and pondered the info he gave to me. "Shall I call you Perceus or Sirius." "How did you know about the name Sirius?" "I've been watching you Perceus. Ever since the tragedy in Seattle, I've been watching you as you began to assemble your arsenal of abilities." "Ok, I have a question? "What is it?" "Are you a petifial? You seem awfully obsessed with me and I don't know if it's safe." A roar of laughter echoed through the void. "Finally, someone with a sense of humor! Nobody is able to laugh at themselves these days. You and me are going to get along just fine." The laughing stopped and Kronos seemed to sober back up. "I was able to watch you because Erebus owed me a favor back then, but know that favor has expired so you won't have to worry anymore." "It must have been a rough couple of weeks for you." "Oh no it was a breeze after all getting betrayed by your half brother, having a hellhound treat you like a chew toy, and being ripped apart by a hydra are all ordinary things that a person must deal with in life. "Do you know who sent all these attacks on you?" "Who sent the attacks", I muttered to myself silently. Jason and Bobby had said they'd been sent out by orders of the gods. That hydra, before it attack me, said it was sent by the gods. But those monsters that attacked me on the train were, as far as I no, montivenless. "The gods sent the hydra, Jason and Bobby, and if the monsters were able to team up with Jason and Bobby so well then it's likely that they were all sent by the gods." "You are correct, the gods have been trying to kill you ever since you gained those powers. How does that make you feel?" I thought about what he said for a moment. The gods were technically my family considering that my dad was Zeus. But they still tried to kill me and Luke. I was their own flesh and blood but they still thought I deserved to die. I could see why they would want me dead, but they still haven't let me explain what happened and give a reason for why I should live. "Let me show you something." A flash of light burned the empty void away and a new image began to form from the void. I standing in a room that seemed to be made out of the finest materials ever made. The room had solid gold corinthian orders that seemed to light up the entire room, marble floors that were so polished you could see your reflection on them, and large torches that had emerald green flames on them. "Kronos, where the hell are we?" My response was greeted by a feminine voice. "The hydra was killed by the abomination and the boy he was traveling with." I turned my focus to the voice and saw 12 thrones shaped in a U formation. Each throne was about the same size but they had different qualities to set them apart. One was riddled with gears and machine parts as if it was some sort of weapon. A large lump of a man with a misshapen head and a leg brace sat upon the machine throne.
"If he was able to kill a hydra, what other beings that we have control over can we send to fight him?" the man in the machine throne said. "We could send one of us to go after him",said a woman in a throne that had red writing ingrained all over it like it was an oddly shaped book. She had black hair and stormy gray eyes that seemed to be calculating a million situations at once. I was surprised that her brain didn't explode from all the info she was calculating. "Who would volunteer to get there head blown up by a psychopath like him", a fat man in a throne that was covered in grape vine mumbled as he drank a diet coke. "I'll be able to drag him to olympus", Artemis said emotionlessly as she glared at her hunting knife. She had an emotionless expression on but her eyes failed to hide the burning rage she was feeling. "No Artemis, I'll be the one to crush the little vermin under my foot", a large man with sunglasses said as he smiled mockingly. He was sitting on a throne that was blood red and decorated with bronze spears, swords, any weapon imaginable basically. He was a muscular man wearing a pair of sunglasses and a leather jacket. He gave of a class S douchbag persona that just made you want to punch him directly in the face. I'll admit, I can be a prick a times, but this guy was on a whole another level of dickishness. "I will be the one to take his life. Afterall he took three of my huntresses when he caused the blast. It's only fair that I will be the one to kill him. "Oh really now because I recall that the boy was able to defeat you with a single bolt of lighting." "The boy caught me by surprise and if the fight was one on one it would have gone differently." "Yeah, you would of lasted about thirty more seconds before being electrocuted." "Ares, if you keep it up I swear-." "Enough, both of you are acting like squabbling siblings! Artemis, I will give you one last chance to bring the boy back. If you fail me I will have to find someone else who won't." The voice echoed across the entire room like a clap of thunder. The man who said it was on a gold throne that had had glowing lightning bolts carved into it like they were veins carrying blood. He had jet black hair, electric blue eyes that seemed to glow,and a black- grayish beard. He was wearing a dark blue pinstriped suit that gave of a C.E.O look. His throne was at the center of U. It didn't take me long to figure out he was Zeus, my father. "So, my own father wants me dead as well. Well, fuck you to, dad. I know who's not getting a fathers day present." "She has already failed to catch the abom-." "Ares, you are acting like a child! From what I've seen, Artemis is much more capable than you." There were no more objections from Ares as he slumped down in his throne and sharped a combat knife. Artemis got off her throne and bowed to our father. "Thank you for this second chance. I will not fail you again, father." "You see, they may be your family yet they betray you. If you join me and my army, we will make them pay for their crimes on you and your friend." I felt the rage burning inside me like a raging fire. "Alright I'm in, Kronos." "Take these then." Two necklaces appeared in my hand. They both were shaped like a scythe. "Give one to your friend, Luke. I know his story and I think he will accept the offer to join us. "What do they do?" "There used as communication devices to communicate with your allies and me." There was a crack and the image of the throne room began to fall apart like broken glass. The image returned back to the empty, dark void. "It seems that I can no longer keep this space open. Wait you never told me what you wanted to be called."
That question brought up the the thought I had two weeks ago. I couldn't tell if I truly was the same person as I was before. I mean I knew I was in the same body despite it being different. It just felt like I had a different personality after the blast. It also feels like I lost a part of me inside the blast. Something I doubt I can get back. "Just call me whatever for right now."
"Alright then, You will find us when our paths are ready to be crossed, demigod." With his final words said, the dark void seemed to melt into a black tarry goo. I fell to the ground like I was going to pass out. I landed face first into the goo and began to sink to the ground. I tried to swim but the goo held me in place as if it were trying to kill me. It kept dragging me down deeper. I had figured that I would run out of air soon but I hadn't. As I got deeper down, I began to hear voices of agony. I couldn't make out what they were saying but they sounded like they were from all different genders and races. The goo began to take more human forms as they began to pull me down with human like hands. A short man and a young women took form, grabbed my arms, and began to pull me all the way down to the bottom of the tary pit. I struggled to lose their grip but that led to no avail. I tried shocking them by surging electricity in my arms. They didn't even react and began to pull me down even further. As I got to the bottom of the pit, there seemed to be more bodies waiting for me. Each one seemed to be moaning in agony as if they were being tortured slowly. Their tarry hands reached for me as I got closer to the pit. When I was five feet above the ground the two tar creatures let me go and I dropped into the pit. I woke up to the hot rays of the California sun. My heart was still racing from the dream I had. I clenched my hand only to find the two scythed shaped necklaces in my hand. I took one of them and put it on. There seemed to be a red gem at the beginning of the blade. As I got up to go wake Luke up I heard a small branch break in the forest. I thought nothing of it and went over to Luke's sleeping bag. He was still sleeping so naturally like a good friend I began to yell. "Wake up Luke! It's time for breakfast." Luke eyes slowly opened with a grown. "Why am I stuck with a person who doesn't ever sleep in and never makes his own food." "I like having someone make my own food because I prefer having someone wait on me." "It's because you can't cook for shit. I'm still trying to figure out how you were able to burn water. It was fuckin water, how did you burn it?" "I'm actually still trying to figure that out myself." I remembered the necklace that Kronos told me to give to Luke. "Luke I have something for you." I took the necklace out and gave it to him. "Ok, who the hell gave it to you? Let me guess,one of your emo friends?" "Number one, I am not emo and number 2, you're my only friend. Real talk now. The one who gave me this necklace was Kr-." An arrow pierced my throat causing blood to spill out in buckets. I ripped the arrow out only to barely dodge another. I quickly looked down at the arrow to see a glistening silver through the blood. More arrows began to fly at my head causing me to duck down.
"Wait a minute, why am I hiding? I can tear this person to pieces in a single bolt of lighting!" I looked up to see the girl with auburn hair, Phoebe, shooting at me. The very thought off her curled my stomach and made electricity jolt through me in rage. I shot a bolt of electricity at her so fast she didn't even react. The bolt struck her with a crackling noise as she fell to the ground. Her skin was charred like burnt chicken and it gave off the unpleasant smell off cooked flesh. I didn't have any more time to contemplate the situation. Artemis had probably heard that noise and was rushing here right now. "Get your stuff Luke! We have to leave now!" I began to shove everything I had in my bag without any care. I had my clothes, candy bars, jacket, picture, and Bobby's diary. I heard footsteps rapidly approaching our area in a quick pace. Dammit, they're almost here. There was no other way around it, I have to fight them. I couldn't fly both me and Luke out of here and even if I left him I would still likely be shot down. I slid my bag off my back and tossed it to Luke. "Luke, get out of here and head to the town west of here." "No, I can help you fight some of them. You'll be killed if you try to fight all of them at once." "No Luke, those arrows will already pierce your stomach before you can even get close to them. I'll meet you in the town and you can buy me breakfast then", I said smiling." "I hope you like brunch", Luke said as he ran off. "I do, Luke." I pulled my coin out, flipped, and caught the coin in my right hand. I felt a golden light come upon me, and once it faded, it revealed the golden sword that I was hoping for. I saw the image of the huntresses getting closer but no arrows hit me or even came at me at all. The footstep finally stopped as Artemis and her huntresses stared at me. Artemis's silver eyes dug into me like an icicle as she continued to stare at me. She broke the stare by shifting her eyes to Phoebe's charred, burnt corpse. Her face showed no emotion, but her eye's seemed to get even icyer in appearance. "You've killed six of my huntresses now." "If you didn't want anymore casualties to your huntresses, you shouldn't have brought them along." She turned her head back at her huntresses. "None of you interfere with this fight." She turned back at me, "The boy is mine." "Listen Artemis, let me go away free or things may get ugly for you."
"Is that a threat?" "I've beating you once and I can do it again." "You had gotten me by surprise. I'll make sure not to let that happen again." She began to pull her silver bow string back. An silver arrow appeared in the string as she pulled her bow string back. "Don't do this you're going to regret it!" "You've killed six of my huntresses! I will kill you even if father disapproves!" She let go of her bow string. Crimson blood burst in drops as the arrow pierced through my chest. I staggered back but kept my balance. The arrow hurt but the pain wasn't anything I wasn't familiar with. I ripped the arrow out only to be pelted by three more. Each one was so accurate and precise it seemed like she was using a military sniper rifle. It seemed like each arrow I ripped out two more came to take its place. I was beginning to look like a voodoo doll with with all the arrows coming out of me. The pain was beginning to feel like I was in the hydra's mouth again with each arrow going through my body. "Enough!" The arrows in and around my body were sent flying in all directions away from me. Artemis hesitated for a few seconds but began to pull her string back and fire arrows again. A crackling noise was made each time an arrow came close to me and was knocked away. A smile slid across my face as I began to walk closer towards her. "It's over you know. If your arrows can no longer affect me how can you possibly hurt me?" Lightning arced from my hand as I pointed it at her. A bolt shot directly at Artemis at light speed. Artemis just stood there and took the bolt head on. She sprinted at me with the speed of a cheetah knives with knives in hand. She jabbed the first knife in the center of my stomach. She slashed left, cutting open my stomach and spattering blood on her silver clothing. The second knife was blocked by my sword. Despite her young appearance, Artemis seemed to be as strong as a professional bodybuilder, and despite me having the better weapon, she was able to push me back with her knife. My body flew up a few feet in the air only to be stopped by a tree. With incredible speed, Artemis dashed at me again. A smirk came across my face. I hadn't planned for her to be this strong, but know that I had something behind me I could initiate my attack. She aimed her first knife towards my stomach. I parried the attack but still kept contact with the knife. Electricity burst through my sword in a red light. Electricity surged into Artemis's knife electrocuting her. From my hand, an electrical stream blasted Artemis. Artemis flew back from the blast but I kept shooting her. She struggled to get up but was continually pounded by the bolt stream. Her skin was beginning to turn char black and the smell off cooked meat was rising in the air. Screams of bloody murder erupted from Artemis's mouth. Then something odd happened. Artemis began to glow a golden light. The light began to get stronger and stronger until I could barely see what was in front of me. My skin began to feel like a flamethrower was spraying all over. Each cell in my body felt like it was burning. It felt like my body was going to burn into dust. A black aura began to surround me like it was a shield. It seemed like my powers knew I was dying and was protecting me. The light seemed to stop when it came near my aura and dissipate into nothing. The light began to rapidly grow dimmer each time the light hit my aura. Artemis and her huntresses were now visible. When the light completely faded my aura still stayed. When I looked at Artemis's face I could see hundreds of words evident in her gaze. I could see fear, hatred, confusion, anger, depression, and finally, hopelessness. The look in her face made me smile. I had defeated her and she knew it. My sword began to spark back up. My footsteps seemed to shock the ground with each step being louder. Artemis didn't try to run away. Instead she just lied down not moving or saying anything. I looked down at Artemis as I raised my sword. She seemed to lose all the words she had in her eyes except one. I could see acceptance. I thrust my sword into her chest and surged as much energy as I could inside to her body. She began to rapidly shake and quiver. Both her skin and hair completely turned charcoal black. Her eyes seemed to turn into a metallic color before melting into a thick white liquid. With one last quiver, Artemis stopped moving and lifelessly layed there. I ripped my sword out of Artemis's once human body. All of her skin was burnt off and there was no muscle left on her body. Even her bones seemed like they would break if you touched them. I knew her body was dead but I couldn't take any chances. An electric grenade appeared in my hand. I tossed it easily into Artemis's remains. It exploded instantaneously in a crimson light. When the dust cleared there was nothing left but ashes. But for good measure I summoned a wind which blew the ashes into the air. Satisfied I turned back to the huntresses. There faces held as many words as Artemis's did. "Thats what happens when you fuck with me. I know you may be girls but if any of you have the balls to fight me then I'll gladly except. Some of your friends can scrap what's left off you off the trees if I even leave a body. So any takers?" My words were greeted by silence as the huntresses said nothing. " Of course none off you are going to do it. After all, none of you would be stupid enough to even think you could." I began to walk towards the town where Luke was when I heard a voice. "Monster! You will pay for your what you've done to my lady." The voice was that girl Zoe. I turned around and looked her dead in the eye. "Fuck off, Zoe. Your precious mistress's body is gone. So just wait until she respawns or something." I turned back and began to walk away. "You're going to regret this!" "Ha, Last time I checked I told Artemis not to fight me or she'll regret it. I think she bet on the wrong horse don't you?" "You deserved death! You killed six huntresses and also the entire population of Seattle." "It's kinda funny how you mention your huntresses first and the death of 600,000 people second. I guess six huntresses dead is worth more than the pain and suffering off 600,000 people. That seems right" "I didn't mean it like that." "Yeah, yeah and I can shoot fire out of my hands. Though, that would be pretty fucking awesome." "You killed them! You deserve to die and be tortured forever in tartarus." "Speaking of Tartarus, since I am currently deciding your fate I would probably shut up right now." "You're worse than Kronos! At least he didn't slaughter more than 600,000 innocent people! "You know what Zoe? You're absolutely right, Zoe. Kronos never killed over 600,000 people. I am a horrible person. I killed my own mother and didn't even have the decency to bury her. I killed all of my friends and didn't even find them important enough to try to find them. I killed potential friends, enemies, work associates, bosses, lovers without even sparing any empathy. I killed doctors, teachers, painters, thinkers, without even thinking about them. I also beat my brother and nephew within an inch of their life and left them their to die." "So, you admit that you're an abomination." "But Zoe I have a question." "What is it, monster? "With all the blood I have on my hands, What makes you think if I kill all of you I would actually care about your death. I could murder you all in cold blood right now and not lose a pinch of sleep. I don't care about any of you. You can all die for all I care." Zoe's eyes widened as she began to step back and raise her bow. "Do you honestly think you can hurt me with that pea shooter. Rocks would affect me better than that piece of crap. "You wouldn't even try to harm us." "Well, looking at Phoebe, your argument doesn't hold up very well." Her face contorted to fear as she lowered her bow. I pointed my hand at her with electricity surging. "Would you care to test your theory?"
"Damn it all to hell!", I shouted. "So, thats Luke, 20, Sirius 0." "I swear to god Luke, if I was using my powers. "Yeah, you would fry me like an egg. So anyway how's that electric sword thing coming along? I pulsed electricity into my blade arm and watched it begin to glow. Arcs of electricity went all the way from the hilt to the tip of sword. I went over to a large oak tree and sliced my sword into it. The blade got half a foot into the trunk and parts of great oak were charred. I put both my hands on the handle and pulled the sword out of the tree. "So, it looks like you're wounds up for round 21?" "Ah, of course Luke, I love having a thirteen year old jam his sword into my stomach. It get's me off." "That's a no I assume." "If I can use my powers, then we can fight all you want." "I would prefer not to get to be shocked today. c'mon help me light the fire, it's getting late." Luke was right, the sun was beginning to dip into the sky, and the moon was preparing for it's turn to rule the sky. The sunlight was being blocked by the trees so the sun might as well be done now. I was so focused on not getting stabbed that it didn't even occur to me. I went over to my bag and took of my torn shirt. The shirt I was using for training was the shirt I had on when I was fighting the hydra. I had kept it despite the tears and blood on it. It had been useful to me, now it was just a rag. I might as well toss it into the fire. I put on a new black and red shirt that I bought from marshalls when we came across a decent size town. We also had managed to buy two sleeping bags at dick's sporting goods while we were there. I went over to the fire pit and tossed a black and red lightning bolt into the pit. It lit up immediately in dark red flames. "You're so weird you even make the fire seem unnatural." "I prefer the term unique." "Unique, weird it's all the same." Luke pulled out a can of soup, poured it in a pain, and began to heat it. I sat down on a nearby log and began to fiddle with a little ball of electricity in my hand. "Hey Sirius, do you want some soup? "Okay, I could use some substance after you shoved your sword into my stomach." "No homo." Once we ate our meal me and Luke crawled into our sleeping bags to go to bed. The warmth of the bag caused me to immediately enter a deep sleep. I was standing in a black void. I felt the solid ground on my feet, but all I could see around me was darkness. I tried moving forward but my legs didn't respond. "I've been waiting for you Perceus", a voice called out from the shadowy void. It had a soft deep voice that seemed to echo from afar. The figure's voice was actually comforting and seemed to remind me of someone. I tried to remember the voices name but came to no avail. "Who are you and what is this place?" "My name is Kronos, God of time, and this is a temporal state that I have manifested into existence to speak with you." I was silent for a few seconds and pondered the info he gave to me. "Shall I call you Perceus or Sirius." "How did you know about the name Sirius?" "I've been watching you Perceus. Ever since the tragedy in Seattle, I've been watching you as you began to assemble your arsenal of abilities." "Ok, I have a question? "What is it?" "Are you a petifial? You seem awfully obsessed with me and I don't know if it's safe." A roar of laughter echoed through the void. "Finally, someone with a sense of humor! Nobody is able to laugh at themselves these days. You and me are going to get along just fine." The laughing stopped and Kronos seemed to sober back up. "I was able to watch you because Erebus owed me a favor back then, but know that favor has expired so you won't have to worry anymore." "It must have been a rough couple of weeks for you." "Oh no it was a breeze after all getting betrayed by your half brother, having a hellhound treat you like a chew toy, and being ripped apart by a hydra are all ordinary things that a person must deal with in life. "Do you know who sent all these attacks on you?" "Who sent the attacks", I muttered to myself silently. Jason and Bobby had said they'd been sent out by orders of the gods. That hydra, before it attack me, said it was sent by the gods. But those monsters that attacked me on the train were, as far as I no, montivenless. "The gods sent the hydra, Jason and Bobby, and if the monsters were able to team up with Jason and Bobby so well then it's likely that they were all sent by the gods." "You are correct, the gods have been trying to kill you ever since you gained those powers. How does that make you feel?" I thought about what he said for a moment. The gods were technically my family considering that my dad was Zeus. But they still tried to kill me and Luke. I was their own flesh and blood but they still thought I deserved to die. I could see why they would want me dead, but they still haven't let me explain what happened and give a reason for why I should live. "Let me show you something." A flash of light burned the empty void away and a new image began to form from the void. I standing in a room that seemed to be made out of the finest materials ever made. The room had solid gold corinthian orders that seemed to light up the entire room, marble floors that were so polished you could see your reflection on them, and large torches that had emerald green flames on them. "Kronos, where the hell are we?" My response was greeted by a feminine voice. "The hydra was killed by the abomination and the boy he was traveling with." I turned my focus to the voice and saw 12 thrones shaped in a U formation. Each throne was about the same size but they had different qualities to set them apart. One was riddled with gears and machine parts as if it was some sort of weapon. A large lump of a man with a misshapen head and a leg brace sat upon the machine throne.
"If he was able to kill a hydra, what other beings that we have control over can we send to fight him?" the man in the machine throne said. "We could send one of us to go after him",said a woman in a throne that had red writing ingrained all over it like it was an oddly shaped book. She had black hair and stormy gray eyes that seemed to be calculating a million situations at once. I was surprised that her brain didn't explode from all the info she was calculating. "Who would volunteer to get there head blown up by a psychopath like him", a fat man in a throne that was covered in grape vine mumbled as he drank a diet coke. "I'll be able to drag him to olympus", Artemis said emotionlessly as she glared at her hunting knife. She had an emotionless expression on but her eyes failed to hide the burning rage she was feeling. "No Artemis, I'll be the one to crush the little vermin under my foot", a large man with sunglasses said as he smiled mockingly. He was sitting on a throne that was blood red and decorated with bronze spears, swords, any weapon imaginable basically. He was a muscular man wearing a pair of sunglasses and a leather jacket. He gave of a class S douchbag persona that just made you want to punch him directly in the face. I'll admit, I can be a prick a times, but this guy was on a whole another level of dickishness. "I will be the one to take his life. Afterall he took three of my huntresses when he caused the blast. It's only fair that I will be the one to kill him. "Oh really now because I recall that the boy was able to defeat you with a single bolt of lighting." "The boy caught me by surprise and if the fight was one on one it would have gone differently." "Yeah, you would of lasted about thirty more seconds before being electrocuted." "Ares, if you keep it up I swear-." "Enough, both of you are acting like squabbling siblings! Artemis, I will give you one last chance to bring the boy back. If you fail me I will have to find someone else who won't." The voice echoed across the entire room like a clap of thunder. The man who said it was on a gold throne that had had glowing lightning bolts carved into it like they were veins carrying blood. He had jet black hair, electric blue eyes that seemed to glow,and a black- grayish beard. He was wearing a dark blue pinstriped suit that gave of a C.E.O look. His throne was at the center of U. It didn't take me long to figure out he was Zeus, my father. "So, my own father wants me dead as well. Well, fuck you to, dad. I know who's not getting a fathers day present." "She has already failed to catch the abom-." "Ares, you are acting like a child! From what I've seen, Artemis is much more capable than you." There were no more objections from Ares as he slumped down in his throne and sharped a combat knife. Artemis got off her throne and bowed to our father. "Thank you for this second chance. I will not fail you again, father." "You see, they may be your family yet they betray you. If you join me and my army, we will make them pay for their crimes on you and your friend." I felt the rage burning inside me like a raging fire. "Alright I'm in, Kronos." "Take these then." Two necklaces appeared in my hand. They both were shaped like a scythe. "Give one to your friend, Luke. I know his story and I think he will accept the offer to join us. "What do they do?" "There used as communication devices to communicate with your allies and me." There was a crack and the image of the throne room began to fall apart like broken glass. The image returned back to the empty, dark void. "It seems that I can no longer keep this space open. Wait you never told me what you wanted to be called."
That question brought up the the thought I had two weeks ago. I couldn't tell if I truly was the same person as I was before. I mean I knew I was in the same body despite it being different. It just felt like I had a different personality after the blast. It also feels like I lost a part of me inside the blast. Something I doubt I can get back. "Just call me whatever for right now."
"Alright then, You will find us when our paths are ready to be crossed, demigod." With his final words said, the dark void seemed to melt into a black tarry goo. I fell to the ground like I was going to pass out. I landed face first into the goo and began to sink to the ground. I tried to swim but the goo held me in place as if it were trying to kill me. It kept dragging me down deeper. I had figured that I would run out of air soon but I hadn't. As I got deeper down, I began to hear voices of agony. I couldn't make out what they were saying but they sounded like they were from all different genders and races. The goo began to take more human forms as they began to pull me down with human like hands. A short man and a young women took form, grabbed my arms, and began to pull me all the way down to the bottom of the tary pit. I struggled to lose their grip but that led to no avail. I tried shocking them by surging electricity in my arms. They didn't even react and began to pull me down even further. As I got to the bottom of the pit, there seemed to be more bodies waiting for me. Each one seemed to be moaning in agony as if they were being tortured slowly. Their tarry hands reached for me as I got closer to the pit. When I was five feet above the ground the two tar creatures let me go and I dropped into the pit. I woke up to the hot rays of the California sun. My heart was still racing from the dream I had. I clenched my hand only to find the two scythed shaped necklaces in my hand. I took one of them and put it on. There seemed to be a red gem at the beginning of the blade. As I got up to go wake Luke up I heard a small branch break in the forest. I thought nothing of it and went over to Luke's sleeping bag. He was still sleeping so naturally like a good friend I began to yell. "Wake up Luke! It's time for breakfast." Luke eyes slowly opened with a grown. "Why am I stuck with a person who doesn't ever sleep in and never makes his own food." "I like having someone make my own food because I prefer having someone wait on me." "It's because you can't cook for shit. I'm still trying to figure out how you were able to burn water. It was fuckin water, how did you burn it?" "I'm actually still trying to figure that out myself." I remembered the necklace that Kronos told me to give to Luke. "Luke I have something for you." I took the necklace out and gave it to him. "Ok, who the hell gave it to you? Let me guess,one of your emo friends?" "Number one, I am not emo and number 2, you're my only friend. Real talk now. The one who gave me this necklace was Kr-." An arrow pierced my throat causing blood to spill out in buckets. I ripped the arrow out only to barely dodge another. I quickly looked down at the arrow to see a glistening silver through the blood. More arrows began to fly at my head causing me to duck down.
"Wait a minute, why am I hiding? I can tear this person to pieces in a single bolt of lighting!" I looked up to see the girl with auburn hair, Phoebe, shooting at me. The very thought off her curled my stomach and made electricity jolt through me in rage. I shot a bolt of electricity at her so fast she didn't even react. The bolt struck her with a crackling noise as she fell to the ground. Her skin was charred like burnt chicken and it gave off the unpleasant smell off cooked flesh. I didn't have any more time to contemplate the situation. Artemis had probably heard that noise and was rushing here right now. "Get your stuff Luke! We have to leave now!" I began to shove everything I had in my bag without any care. I had my clothes, candy bars, jacket, picture, and Bobby's diary. I heard footsteps rapidly approaching our area in a quick pace. Dammit, they're almost here. There was no other way around it, I have to fight them. I couldn't fly both me and Luke out of here and even if I left him I would still likely be shot down. I slid my bag off my back and tossed it to Luke. "Luke, get out of here and head to the town west of here." "No, I can help you fight some of them. You'll be killed if you try to fight all of them at once." "No Luke, those arrows will already pierce your stomach before you can even get close to them. I'll meet you in the town and you can buy me breakfast then", I said smiling." "I hope you like brunch", Luke said as he ran off. "I do, Luke." I pulled my coin out, flipped, and caught the coin in my right hand. I felt a golden light come upon me, and once it faded, it revealed the golden sword that I was hoping for. I saw the image of the huntresses getting closer but no arrows hit me or even came at me at all. The footstep finally stopped as Artemis and her huntresses stared at me. Artemis's silver eyes dug into me like an icicle as she continued to stare at me. She broke the stare by shifting her eyes to Phoebe's charred, burnt corpse. Her face showed no emotion, but her eye's seemed to get even icyer in appearance. "You've killed six of my huntresses now." "If you didn't want anymore casualties to your huntresses, you shouldn't have brought them along." She turned her head back at her huntresses. "None of you interfere with this fight." She turned back at me, "The boy is mine." "Listen Artemis, let me go away free or things may get ugly for you."
"Is that a threat?" "I've beating you once and I can do it again." "You had gotten me by surprise. I'll make sure not to let that happen again." She began to pull her silver bow string back. An silver arrow appeared in the string as she pulled her bow string back. "Don't do this you're going to regret it!" "You've killed six of my huntresses! I will kill you even if father disapproves!" She let go of her bow string. Crimson blood burst in drops as the arrow pierced through my chest. I staggered back but kept my balance. The arrow hurt but the pain wasn't anything I wasn't familiar with. I ripped the arrow out only to be pelted by three more. Each one was so accurate and precise it seemed like she was using a military sniper rifle. It seemed like each arrow I ripped out two more came to take its place. I was beginning to look like a voodoo doll with with all the arrows coming out of me. The pain was beginning to feel like I was in the hydra's mouth again with each arrow going through my body. "Enough!" The arrows in and around my body were sent flying in all directions away from me. Artemis hesitated for a few seconds but began to pull her string back and fire arrows again. A crackling noise was made each time an arrow came close to me and was knocked away. A smile slid across my face as I began to walk closer towards her. "It's over you know. If your arrows can no longer affect me how can you possibly hurt me?" Lightning arced from my hand as I pointed it at her. A bolt shot directly at Artemis at light speed. Artemis just stood there and took the bolt head on. She sprinted at me with the speed of a cheetah knives with knives in hand. She jabbed the first knife in the center of my stomach. She slashed left, cutting open my stomach and spattering blood on her silver clothing. The second knife was blocked by my sword. Despite her young appearance, Artemis seemed to be as strong as a professional bodybuilder, and despite me having the better weapon, she was able to push me back with her knife. My body flew up a few feet in the air only to be stopped by a tree. With incredible speed, Artemis dashed at me again. A smirk came across my face. I hadn't planned for her to be this strong, but know that I had something behind me I could initiate my attack. She aimed her first knife towards my stomach. I parried the attack but still kept contact with the knife. Electricity burst through my sword in a red light. Electricity surged into Artemis's knife electrocuting her. From my hand, an electrical stream blasted Artemis. Artemis flew back from the blast but I kept shooting her. She struggled to get up but was continually pounded by the bolt stream. Her skin was beginning to turn char black and the smell off cooked meat was rising in the air. Screams of bloody murder erupted from Artemis's mouth. Then something odd happened. Artemis began to glow a golden light. The light began to get stronger and stronger until I could barely see what was in front of me. My skin began to feel like a flamethrower was spraying all over. Each cell in my body felt like it was burning. It felt like my body was going to burn into dust. A black aura began to surround me like it was a shield. It seemed like my powers knew I was dying and was protecting me. The light seemed to stop when it came near my aura and dissipate into nothing. The light began to rapidly grow dimmer each time the light hit my aura. Artemis and her huntresses were now visible. When the light completely faded my aura still stayed. When I looked at Artemis's face I could see hundreds of words evident in her gaze. I could see fear, hatred, confusion, anger, depression, and finally, hopelessness. The look in her face made me smile. I had defeated her and she knew it. My sword began to spark back up. My footsteps seemed to shock the ground with each step being louder. Artemis didn't try to run away. Instead she just lied down not moving or saying anything. I looked down at Artemis as I raised my sword. She seemed to lose all the words she had in her eyes except one. I could see acceptance. I thrust my sword into her chest and surged as much energy as I could inside to her body. She began to rapidly shake and quiver. Both her skin and hair completely turned charcoal black. Her eyes seemed to turn into a metallic color before melting into a thick white liquid. With one last quiver, Artemis stopped moving and lifelessly layed there. I ripped my sword out of Artemis's once human body. All of her skin was burnt off and there was no muscle left on her body. Even her bones seemed like they would break if you touched them. I knew her body was dead but I couldn't take any chances. An electric grenade appeared in my hand. I tossed it easily into Artemis's remains. It exploded instantaneously in a crimson light. When the dust cleared there was nothing left but ashes. But for good measure I summoned a wind which blew the ashes into the air. Satisfied I turned back to the huntresses. There faces held as many words as Artemis's did. "Thats what happens when you fuck with me. I know you may be girls but if any of you have the balls to fight me then I'll gladly except. Some of your friends can scrap what's left off you off the trees if I even leave a body. So any takers?" My words were greeted by silence as the huntresses said nothing. " Of course none off you are going to do it. After all, none of you would be stupid enough to even think you could." I began to walk towards the town where Luke was when I heard a voice. "Monster! You will pay for your what you've done to my lady." The voice was that girl Zoe. I turned around and looked her dead in the eye. "Fuck off, Zoe. Your precious mistress's body is gone. So just wait until she respawns or something." I turned back and began to walk away. "You're going to regret this!" "Ha, Last time I checked I told Artemis not to fight me or she'll regret it. I think she bet on the wrong horse don't you?" "You deserved death! You killed six huntresses and also the entire population of Seattle." "It's kinda funny how you mention your huntresses first and the death of 600,000 people second. I guess six huntresses dead is worth more than the pain and suffering off 600,000 people. That seems right" "I didn't mean it like that." "Yeah, yeah and I can shoot fire out of my hands. Though, that would be pretty fucking awesome." "You killed them! You deserve to die and be tortured forever in tartarus." "Speaking of Tartarus, since I am currently deciding your fate I would probably shut up right now." "You're worse than Kronos! At least he didn't slaughter more than 600,000 innocent people! "You know what Zoe? You're absolutely right, Zoe. Kronos never killed over 600,000 people. I am a horrible person. I killed my own mother and didn't even have the decency to bury her. I killed all of my friends and didn't even find them important enough to try to find them. I killed potential friends, enemies, work associates, bosses, lovers without even sparing any empathy. I killed doctors, teachers, painters, thinkers, without even thinking about them. I also beat my brother and nephew within an inch of their life and left them their to die." "So, you admit that you're an abomination." "But Zoe I have a question." "What is it, monster? "With all the blood I have on my hands, What makes you think if I kill all of you I would actually care about your death. I could murder you all in cold blood right now and not lose a pinch of sleep. I don't care about any of you. You can all die for all I care." Zoe's eyes widened as she began to step back and raise her bow. "Do you honestly think you can hurt me with that pea shooter. Rocks would affect me better than that piece of crap. "You wouldn't even try to harm us." "Well, looking at Phoebe, your argument doesn't hold up very well." Her face contorted to fear as she lowered her bow. I pointed my hand at her with electricity surging. "Would you care to test your theory?"
Author's notes: Well that took much longer than it needed to be but dat edge no seriously I'm on vacation so getting this chapter out before the weekend was a miracle in itself. So I exposed Percy's or Sirius's (Whatever you prefer) Dark side which you shouldn't be surprised about considering he was already insensitive to about everyone except Luke so will he kill Zoe and the huntresses? Maybe I may have him go down that road. But he also may spare them so I'll leave the speculating to you guys. I also think I might boost this up to an M rating considering that the gore and coarse Language is going up incredibly fast. I'm probably not going to give Luke or Sirius/Percy a love interest yet because I feel like it's not necessary right now and Percy/Sirius still has killed a decent amount of people this month and if I do its not going to be annabeth. Its not like I don't like her character its just that I feel its too overdone and there relationship is already cannon in the books so its kinda old for me. I'm also trying to make Annabeth hate Percy because if you read the first chapter you would no Percy killed her dad Yaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh . It may be an OC or a character that lacks development. Hell maybe it could even be a huntress. Maybe so maybe no. Anyway I just finished this at 1:00 in the morning so I need to sleep. Crona234 signing off